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BBG Watch Media Helle Dale, the senior fellow for public diplomacy in The Heritage Foundation, noted in her Washington Times op-ed about the bipartisan legislation to reform the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) that “Congressional discontent [with the BBG] is…Read more

BBG Watch Media Report/Commentary In a new Washington Times op-ed published December 11, 2016, New York Times best-selling author, political commentator, investigative reporter and Republican Party activist Kenneth R. Timmerman accused U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) of being “transformed…Read more

BBG Watch Media In a Washington Times op-ed published November 21, 2016, New York Times best-selling author, political commentator, investigative reporter and Republican Party activist Kenneth R. Timmerman accused U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe /…Read more

BBG Watch Media A single U.S. information czar not confirmed by the U.S. Senate in charge of absolutely everything: U.S. broadcasting, U.S. public diplomacy, counter-propaganda and psychological warfare is a foolish, unworkable and dangerous idea, Ted Lipien, a BBG Watch…Read more

BBG Watch Media Should the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) federal agency in charge of U.S. information outreach abroad get more money first or be reformed first? BBG Chairman Jeff Shell and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce…Read more

BBG Watch Media In an interview with The Washington Times, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), said that the Broadcasting Board of Governors is not countering Kremlin propaganda effectively and is “essentially broken.” Rep. Royce…Read more

BBG Watch Media The Washington Times reported in brief on BBG’s 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) results LINK: “Also in the bottom five were the National Archives, the Small Business Administration and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, with a…Read more

Commentary US Government International Broadcasting – Information War Lost: An Unnecessary Misstep By The Federalist We read with interest a piece in The Washington Times (“Hillary Clinton skipped Voice of America meetings, now mourns its demise,” by Jim McElhatton, August…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reporter Jim McElhatton has an article about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her concern over the decline of U.S. international broadcasting, including U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA). Jim McElhatton noted that…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In a Washington Times op-ed, strongly supporting management reforms proposed in the Royce – Engel bipartisan H.R. 4490 bill designed to restructure the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in charge of U.S. international broadcasting, former Voice of…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Times reports on Saturday, June 21, 2014: A new State Department Office of the Inspector General audit finds that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the agency that oversees U.S. international broadcasting, has wasted almost…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Washington Times have articles about former Voice of America (VOA) Director and former Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Ken Tomlinson who died last week in Virginia. He…Read more

The Washington Times reports that “the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the more than $700 million international media arm of the federal government, is facing an IRS audit over its longstanding policy of using purchase orders to hire hundreds of journalists,…Read more

In an op-ed in The Washington Times, former Voice of America manager Ted Lipien warns that bureaucratic infighting mustn’t curtail U.S. news and information outreach to Chechnya and other nations where anti-Americanism and jihadist ideology threaten America’s safety. Lipien, who…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary – a Letter from Prague by an anonymous Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist My nickname for Mr. Steve Korn, the President of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, is P.T. KORN-um, named after the famous American…Read more

The Washington Times newspaper has published an op-ed by a young Russian university student Kirill Filimonov, in which he described the sudden mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists in Moscow and the impact of the cancellation of their political and…Read more

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.